A solar light was donated to 48 families belonging to some of the tribal villages where Malar Trust India operates.
Continue reading “Solar lights distributed to 48 tribal families”Solar lights distributed to 48 tribal families
Tailoring course for Kunnapattu women
A free Tailoring Course for tribal women has just finished in Kunnapattu village.
The course began last July: an expected duration of six months – 5 days a week for two or three hours a day – 7 women attending.
Continue reading “Tailoring course for Kunnapattu women”New Children Care Centre opened in Kunnapattu tribal community
Kunnapattu is a village 6 or 7 km away from Mamallapuram.
The tribal community that we began to follow at the end of last year is made up of about 50 families who have lived in the village in a fairly stable way for many years now.
Continue reading “New Children Care Centre opened in Kunnapattu tribal community”New Tuition Center opened in Poonjeri MGR Nagar
A new Tuition Center was opened last January in MGR Nagar, an area of Poonjeri largely inhabited by gypsies and tribals.
Continue reading “New Tuition Center opened in Poonjeri MGR Nagar”English lessons at Kuyil Kuppam – Peryar Nagar
A new project has just started in the ST community of Kuyil Kuppam (Peryar Nagar): extra English lessons for a selected bunch of students.
Checking in on a struggling family
You may remember the story of a young mother from the village of Anjeneya who was killed by tuberculosis (TB) back in 2019.
Her widowed husband, with their two children, returned to his native village to live with his elderly parents, moving away from our educational and community activities.
workshops on menstruation for tribal women
Malar Trust India organised a series of workshops about menstruation and associated issues for women belonging to the tribal communities of the villages where we work. The four sessions were delivered in collaboration with the Institution of Research and Development for Rural Poor Trust (IRDRP) and the Consortium of Health Associations in India (CHAI) which jointly financed the project.
Medical student Yuwasri running one of the workshops in Panjartheerthi
Over 100 women attended the four workshops which provided knowledge on the functioning of the female body and basic hygiene information..
Continue reading “workshops on menstruation for tribal women”Fourth Day Care Centre opens in Puliyur
Our fourth Day Care Centre opened in the Irular community of Puliyur village (Chengalpattu District) on Saturday September 12th 2020. The centre is serving children from 15 families who live in the village, who have only been able to attend school occasionally until now.
Tailoring machine donated in Periyar Nagar
A tailoring machine has been delivered yesterday in one of the backward areas where the Association works, a village called Periyar Nagar (Manampathy, Thiruporur block).
Continue reading “Tailoring machine donated in Periyar Nagar”Distribution of notebooks to the children of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center
Last Saturday, beginning of this new academic school year, Malar Trust donated and distributed notebooks to all the students of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center.
Continue reading “Distribution of notebooks to the children of Poonjeri Masima Nagar Tuition Center”
